Mechanical movement.



F. DE 1111111100.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 1111111. 5. 1914. RENEWED MAY 24. 1915.

Witnesses: 1 inventor: W Q Frankflefifinico kisAttorngy.

Patented July 6, 1915.

m war 'B F NT FRANK DEM-mice, NEW, YORK, N. K, AssIefT'oR'moroimnnnarlmnqMANUFAC- TUBING coMrAnY, or New YORK, N. Y:, aponronnrioivor new YORK.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented uly 6, 1915.

" Application filed March 5 ,1914, Seria1No. 522,642., Renewed May 24, 1915. seri l 30,214.

T allilfliom it may concern v Be. it known that L'FRAnK DE MINIoo, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Yorln'Bronx borough, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates, to mechanical movements and is particularly directed to that class thereof in which an'oscilla'ting and reciprocating member is caused to coact with theperiphery of a rotatingmember.

- The object of myimproveinents is to provide a device of the class specified, simple in construction and efficient n operation,

V In the drawings accompanying this specification, I have'illustrated in diagrammatic form the preferred embodiment of my improvements and, therein v Figure 1 is side elevation of a mechanism embodyingfmyj improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views,1'with some parts omitted, illustrating successive steps in the operation of my mechanical movement.

Before describing the invention in detail I desire to have it understood that the invention is not limited to the 'partijcular'construction and arrangement of'parts which have illustrated and shall hereinafter describe, and that various changes may be made in the mechanism shown without departing from thespirit orscope oftheinvention, and that the .phrase'ology which ,I

employ is for the purpose of description and notof limitation. 1 I

. The principal member of improved de-- vice is movable member 2, mounted for re ciprocation and oscillation. Saidmember 2 may be conveniently pivoted at 3 to the free end of oscillatabl'e, arm' l pivoted at 5' to some fixed portion of a supportingmemher, not shown.

9, preferably comprises an outreaching portion 6 and, an upwardly reaching arm 7. Said movable member is provided with two cam rolls, 8 and 9, the former of which maybe pivoted co-axially with pin 3 on which said member turns and the other of which is pivoted on arm 7.

The ratio of gears 15 and16 the same as Said movable member 7 2, is. rotatable member 12, pivotally mounted on shaft 13. Said rotatable member 122 Intermediate gear 17 is rotatably mounted on stud 18 fortransmitting motion from one of gears 15 and 16 to the otherthereo f.

the ratio of the number of segments ofrotat'able member 12yto the number of the lobes of cam 10, so that for each passing segment 14 of rotatable member 12, one lobe of cam 10 is presented'for engagement with one of'the'rolls of movable member 2.

Rolls 8 and 9' are urged to engagement with cam 10" bytension spring 19.

For-purposes of adjustment, I prefer stud '2 O,fwhereby if' stud2O is rotated, the

ably mount pivot o' of. arm 4 on eccentric position of'pini'b will be changed relatively t0 the' po'sitions' ofshafts' l1 and 13, for instance.

. The particular ob ect of my improve mentsis'tocause'the outer end of portion6 of movable member-12 to approach rotatable ,member 12, to then advance. in coaction with one ofthe segments 14- ;thereof, and to then retreat from said rotatable "memberi and thereafter to repeat this operation in coaction with, the next succeeding segment of saidrotatable member, and so on. p j The operation of my inprovedmechanical movement will be readily understood from the several figures of the drawing. In Fig. 1; the, outer end of'portion 6 of movable member 2 is at itsjfarthest point relatively to the periphery of rotatable member 12, and as cam 10 is rotated in anti-clockwise direction it will force roll 8 outwardly. and permit roll 9 to move downwardly, whereby outreaching portions 6 will move tofthe right and upwardly to the position of Fig. 2, f or coaction with one of the segmentsoof rotatable member 12, which is also traveling in anti-clockwise direction. As cam- 10 passes from the position of Fig. 2-to that of Fig. 3, outreaching portion 6 willbe caused to lower slightly into engagement with the contiguous segment 14 and to then move downwardly in coacting engagementnext succeeding segment 14 of said rotatable member.

The mechanical movement of this application is adapted, among other uses, for causing the platen of a printing machine to coact with successive type sections on a cylinder; outreaching portion 6 representing the platen and sections 14, let, representing the successive portions of type matter. The paper to be printed upon will be inserted between cutreaching portion 6 and rotatable member 12.

I claim:

1. A mechanical movement including in combination a rotatable member, a rotatable cam, means for rotating said rotatable member and said cam in predetermined relation and a movable member mounted for reciprocation and oscillation, said cam being efficient for synchronously reciprocating and oscillating said movable member in coaction with said rotatable member.

2. A mechanical movement including in combination a rotatable member, means for rotating said rotatable member, a movable member mounted for reciprocation and 0s cillation, and means for causing said movable member to approach and retreat relatively to said rotatable member and between its approaching and retreating movements to advance in coaction with said rotatable member.

3. A mechanical movement including in combination an oscillatable arm, a movable member pivoted at one point thereof in the free end of said arm and having a free end remote from said pivot, a rotatable member, a rotatable cam, means for rotating said rotatable member and said cam in predetermined relation, and two cam engaging members on said pivoted member for simultaneous engagement with difierent portions of the periphery of said cam whereby the free end of said pivoted member is caused to approach and retreat relatively to said rotatable member and between its approaching and retreating movements to advance in coaction with said rotatable member.

4. A mechanical movement including in combination an oscillatable arm, a movable member pivoted at one point thereof in the free end of said arm and having a free end remote from said pivot, a rotatable member, a rotatable cam, means for rotating said rotatable member and said cam in predetermined relation, two cam engaging members on said pivoted member for simultaneous engagement with different portions of .he periphery of said cam whereby the free end of said pivoted member is caused to approach and retreat relatively to said rotatable member and between its approach ing and retreating movements to advance in coaction with said rotatable member, and means for changing the location of the point of oscillation of said oscillatable arm.

5. A mechanical movement including in combination a rotatable member, a rotatable cam, means for rotating said rotatable member and said cam in predetermined relation, a movaole member mounted for reciprocation and oscillation, means for synchronously reciprocating and oscillating said movable member from said cam in coaction with said rotatable member, and means for adjusting the position of said movable member relatively to said cam.

6. A mechanical movement including in combination a rotatable member, a rotatable cam, means for rotating said rotatable member and said cam in predetermined relation and a movable member interposed between said rotatable member and said cam, said cam being efiicient for synchronously reciprocating and oscillating said movable member for causing said movable member to approach and retreat relatively to said rotatable member and between its approaching and retreating movements to advance in coaction with said rotatable member.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 3rd day of March, 1914, before two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK DE MINICO.

Witnesses:

LEONARD W. HALE, WILLIAM U. STRETCH.

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